Don Kessinger

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: July 17, 1942 in Forrest City, AR us

High School: Forrest City HS (Forrest City, AR)

School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Debut: September 7, 1964 (Age 22-052d, 12,288th in major league history)
vs. MLN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1979 (Age 37-014d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Donald Eulon Kessinger

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Relatives: Father of Keith Kessinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

7651

1931

.252

899

RBI

527

100

OBP

.314

SLG

.312

OPS

.626

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 10	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 12	CHC	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
6	6	Apr 15	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 16	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
8	8	Apr 17	CHC		MON	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
9	9	Apr 18	CHC		MON	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 21	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
11	11	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	CHC		HOU	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 25	CHC		HOU	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
14	14	Apr 26	CHC		HOU	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
15	15	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
16	16	Apr 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
17	17	Apr 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
18	18	Apr 30	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
20	20	May 2	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 4	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
22	22	May 5	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
23	23	May 7	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
24	24	May 8	CHC		CIN	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 9	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
26	26	May 10	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
27	27	May 11	CHC		ATL	L,6-7	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 12	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
29	29	May 13	CHC		NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 15	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
31	31	May 16	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
32	32	May 17	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
35	35	May 22	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
36	37 (1)	May 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
37	38	May 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
38	39	May 26	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
39	40	May 27	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	41	May 28	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
41	42	May 30 (1)	CHC		SDP	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
42	43	May 30 (2)	CHC		SDP	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
43	44	May 31	CHC		SDP	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 1	CHC		LAD	L,4-5	CG	30	6.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
45	46	Jun 3	CHC		LAD	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
46	47	Jun 5	CHC		SFG	W,12-8	GS	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	48	Jun 6	CHC		SFG	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
48	53 (4)	Jun 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	GF	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	54	Jun 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	1	SS
50	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
51	59 (3)	Jun 19	CHC		STL	L,3-5	GF	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	PH SS
52	60	Jun 20	CHC		STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
53	61	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
54	62	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
55	63	Jun 22	CHC		NYM	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
56	64	Jun 23	CHC		NYM	L,10-12	CG	48	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
57	65	Jun 24 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
58	66	Jun 24 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
59	67	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
60	68	Jun 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
61	69	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	70	Jun 28 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	71	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
64	72	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	73	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
66	74	Jul 3	CHC		PIT	L,14-16	CG	54	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
67	75	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
68	76	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
69	77	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
70	78	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
71	79	Jul 6 (2)	CHC		MON	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	80	Jul 7	CHC		MON	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
73	81	Jul 8 (1)	CHC		MON	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	82	Jul 8 (2)	CHC		MON	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
75	83	Jul 10	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
76	84	Jul 11	CHC		PHI	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
77	85	Jul 12	CHC		PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
78	86	Jul 16	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
79	87	Jul 17	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	88	Jul 18	CHC	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
81	89	Jul 19	CHC	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
82	90	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.2	2	5	0	7	2	SS
83	91	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-5	CG	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
84	92	Jul 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
85	93	Jul 22	CHC		CIN	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
86	94	Jul 23	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
87	95	Jul 24	CHC		ATL	W,11-1	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
88	96	Jul 25	CHC		ATL	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
89	97	Jul 26 (1)	CHC		ATL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
90	98	Jul 26 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
91	99	Jul 28	CHC		HOU	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
92	100	Jul 29	CHC		HOU	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
93	101	Jul 30	CHC		HOU	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
94	102	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
95	103	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	104	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
97	105	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
98	106	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
99	107	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
100	108	Aug 5 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
101	109	Aug 5 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
102	110	Aug 6	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
103	111	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
104	112	Aug 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
105	113	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	114	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	115	Aug 11	CHC		SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
108	116	Aug 12	CHC		SFG	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	117	Aug 13	CHC		SFG	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
110	118	Aug 14	CHC		LAD	L,9-13	CG	49	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
111	119	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
112	120	Aug 15 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
113	121	Aug 16	CHC		LAD	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
114	122	Aug 17	CHC		SDP	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
115	123	Aug 18	CHC		SDP	L,3-11	GS	40	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
116	124	Aug 19	CHC		SDP	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
117	125	Aug 21	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
118	126	Aug 22	CHC	@	SFG	W,15-0	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
119	127	Aug 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	3	1	7	2	SS
120	128	Aug 24	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
121	129	Aug 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
122	130	Aug 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
123	131	Aug 27	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
124	132	Aug 28	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
125	133	Aug 30	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	134	Sep 1	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	55	13.0	2	11	0	13	2	SS
127	135	Sep 2	CHC		PHI	W,17-2	GS	16	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
128	136	Sep 3	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	137	Sep 4	CHC		NYM	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
130	138	Sep 5	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
131	139	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
132	140	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
133	141	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
134	142	Sep 9	CHC		MON	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
135	143	Sep 10	CHC		MON	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	SS
136	144	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
137	145	Sep 13	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
138	146	Sep 15	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
139	147	Sep 16	CHC		STL	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
140	148	Sep 17	CHC		STL	L,2-9	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
141	149	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
142	150	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
143	151	Sep 19	CHC	@	MON	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
144	152	Sep 20	CHC	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
145	153	Sep 23 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
146	154	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
147	155	Sep 24	CHC	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
148	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
149	157	Sep 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
150	158	Sep 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
151	159	Sep 28	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	38	9.2	0	5	0	5	1	SS
152	160	Sep 29	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
153	161	Sep 30	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
154	162	Oct 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							154gm		1340.0	257	501	22	780	86